Morning Star solutions for Total History and Civics [English] Class 9 chapter 2 - The Vedic Period [Latest edition]

What is meant by Vedic culture?

Why was the Early Vedic Literature known as Shruti?

Name the four Vedas and state what the hymns in each Veda deal with?

What are the Upanishads?

What are the Dharmashastra? Name one Dharmashastra.

What is known as Bhagwad Gita?

Mention the importance of the Epics as a source of information about the Aryans.

Which battle is known as the Mahabharata?

Name the period during which the Aryans began to settle in India.

What are known as the Varnashramas? Name them.

What was known as the ‘Sapta Sindhu’?

How did trade become a pivot around which the life of the people revolved?

State the difference in the position of women between the Early Vedic and Later Vedic Ages.

Name the four ashrams into which the human life span was divided, indicating the time span for each.

State briefly the change that occurred in the position of the Brahmins in the Later Vedic Age.

Give one point of difference between the Early Vedic Period and Later Vedic Period.

Name two important duties of a King in the Later Vedic Period.

Name the important officers appointed by the King to carry on his administration.

Name the two yajnas performed by the King.

What is known as the ‘Battle of Ten Kings’?

Name the important gods of the early Aryans.

Name the Nature Gods of the Later Vedic Period.

Name the God to which the famous Gayatri mantra is addressed.

Name any two early Aryan settlements.

Name the first of the Vedas. Or Which is the oldest Vedic literature.

What does the Rig Veda contain?

Mention any of the Vedic hymns that enable us to reconstruct the Early Vedic Civilization.

How can you say that the Rig Vedic Age was the Non ­Iron using the phase of Vedic history?

Name any two of the four Varnas.

What was the position of women in the Rig Vedic age?

What were the two main occupations of the Rig Vedic Aryans?

Name the two political institutions which exercised check on the powers of the King in the Rig Vedic period.

What form of worship did the Aryans follow during the early Vedic period?

Mention the important features of the religion of the early Vedic period.

State the importance of Sacrifices in the early Vedic ritual.

Mention the important changes that took place in their religion of the later Vedic period.

Name any two newer regions occupied by the Aryans during the later Vedic period.

Mention the important evidence to suggest that Southern India had also become familiar with Iron in the later Vedic Age.

Mention any two of the Ashrams in the life of a man in Aryan society.

Mention the important subjects included in the courses of Gurukul education.

Name the sacrifice that was performed by a king at the time of his coronation during the later Vedic age.

Name arty two newer crops produced by the later Vedic Aryans.

Name the important deities of the later Vedic period.

Mention briefly the rituals and sacrifices of the later Vedic Aryans?

Mention the reasons for the importance of the Brahmins (priestly class) in the later Vedic society.

Name the two Epics and their authors.

With reference to the source of information about hie Vedic Age, write short notes on the following:

The Epics

With reference to the source of information about hie Vedic Age, write short notes on the following:

Role of Iron Implements

With reference to Vedic Literature, answer the following question:

Give a brief account of the four Vedas.

With reference to Vedic Literature, answer the following question:

What is known as Brahamanas and Aranyakas?

With reference to Vedic Period answer the following question:

Mention the periods of the Early and Later Vedic Periods.

With reference to the Vedic Period answer the following question:

State three important changes that took place in the society in the process of its transition from the Early Vedic Period to the Later Vedic Period.

With reference to the Society during the Vedic Age, answer the following question:

Explain briefly the class divisions that existed in society.

With reference to the Society during the Vedic Age, answer the following question:

Explain the four stages in the life of an Aryan.

With reference to the Society during the Vedic Age, answer the following question:

State the position of women in the Vedic period.

With reference to economic organisation of the people in the Vedic Period answer the following question:

State the methods used by the Aryans in agriculture.

With reference to economic organisation of the people in the Vedic Period answer the following question:

Why was domestication of animals very important to the Aryans?

With reference to economic organisation of the people in the Vedic Period answer the following question:

How was trade managed during this period?

With reference to the picture given to answer the following question:

Describe briefly the life in a Gurukul. 

With reference to the picture given to answer the following question:

What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a Gurukul.

With reference to the Vedic age, answer the question that follows:

How did the kingdoms expand during the Later Vedic period?

With reference to the Vedic age, answer the question that follows:

Compare the duties of a king during Early Vedic period with those during the Later Vedic period.

With reference to the Vedic age, answer the question that follows:

What position did the priestly class hold in the Later Vedic period?

Discuss the sources to reconstruct the Early Vedic (Rig Vedic) Past with reference to the following:

Indra, the most favorite God of the Aryans

Discuss the sources to reconstruct the Early Vedic (Rig Vedic) Past with reference to the following:

Agni, the personification of Sacrificial fire.

Discuss the sources to reconstruct the Early Vedic (Rig Vedic) Past with reference to the following:

References to the Cow in the Rig Vedic hymns.

Describe the social life of the Rig Vedic Aryans with reference to the following:

The Family Structure

Describe the social life of the Rig Vedic Aryans with reference to the following:

Position of Women

Describe the social life of the Rig Vedic Aryans with reference to the following:

Varna System

With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:

Domestication of Animals

With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:

Agriculture

With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:

Trade Transactions, Crafts and Transportation

What information do we gather from the later Vedic literature in respect of:

Spread of Vedic Civilization to many New Regions

What information do we gather from the later Vedic literature in respect of:

Role of Iron in the later Vedic Economy.

Describe the social changes evident in the later Vedic period with reference to:

Position of Women

Describe the social changes evident in the later Vedic period with reference to:

Caste System

In the later Vedic Age, there was a marked change in the economic life of the Aryans. In this context describe:

The growing importance of Agriculture

In the later Vedic Age, there was a marked change in the economic life of the Aryans. In this context describe:

Variety of Crafts

In the later Vedic Age, there was a marked change in the economic life of the Aryans. In this context describe:

Changes in the field of Trade and Commerce

Explain the religious belief and form of worship during the later Vedic Age with reference to:

Gods and Goddesses they worshipped

Explain the religious belief and form of worship during the later Vedic Age with reference to:

Rituals and Sacrifices they performed